Contractors who submit permit applications to the Department of Licenses and Inspections will have to submit “tax clearance” forms and show they have insurance. Contractors also must show they have insurance coverage for general liability, workers compensation and automobile liability.

A Bustleton home so infested with vermin that it was declared unfit for human habitation likely won’t be demolished by the city even though the Department of Licenses and Inspections also posted it as structurally unsafe.

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In the aftermath of a 22-year-old plummeting to his death from a fire escape/balcony collapse in Rittenhouse Square, Rebecca Swanson, spokeswoman for the Dept. of L & I, said, “The city’s property maintenance code is meant to serve as a manual informing property owners of their responsibilities.”

L&I puts red-and-white striped signs on properties it “ceases,” and that’s known as “candy-striping.” A cease means the property cannot be used as a nightclub or anything else that exceeds the current zoning, Swanson stated in a Dec. 6 email to the